Neighbors have had enough of an abandoned home in Northwest Albuquerque.

Melinda Hamilton, who lives near the house on Tioga Road NW, said the property is filling up with trash that's attracting critters. Hamilton said the building, though boarded up, has become a haven for teens wanting to have a party.

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Action 7 News saw a mountain of junk in the backyard. Car seats, tires and stuff you couldn't even identify littered the space.

"I called the city, the 311 number, and they gave me a reference number," Hamilton said.

The Safe City Strike Force red-tagged the property, calling it unsafe to occupy. But that's far from the end of the story. City officials said it could take up to a year to condemn the home.

A spokesperson for the planning department said in cases like the home on Tioga Road, a minimum of 12 months goes by to give the owner a chance to improve the property before it's brought before the City Council. Councilors then vote on condemning the building.

Hamilton thinks a whole calendar year is way too long for a home in poor condition to sit idle in a neighborhood full of kids and the elderly.

"If we were talking about weeds, that would be a different story," Hamilton said. "This is a health hazard."